WAKE UP with BWW 8/27/2015 - 'WHORL' and 'DELICATE SHIP' Open Off-Broadway!
By: Jessica Khan Aug. 27, 2015
Good morning, BroadwayWorld! Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it? Today's big news: Off-Broadway celebrates two show openings and more!
TODAY'S TOP ITEMS:
- Sherie Rene Scott stars in WHORL INSIDE A LOOP, opening tonight at Second Stage!
- Anna Ziegler's A DELICATE SHIP opens this evening off-Broadway.
- CURIOUS INCIDENT's Taylor Trensch leads a master class in NYC today...
- And dance-theatre spectacular PEARL comes to Lincoln Center this weekend!
NEWS YOU MISSED YESTERDAY:
- AN ACT OF GOD is LA-bound, with Sean Hayes as God!
- Broadway celebrated Women's Equality Day with fun photos (right), plus we got a first look at the cast of AHS: HOTEL in costume, a peek at the artwork for SHUFFLE ALONG, starring Audra McDonald, and photos and footage of Misty Copeland's first bows in ON THE TOWN!
- Aretha Franklin wants to bring her life story to Broadway...
- Stockard Channing will join Nathan Lane and Debra Messing in benefit readings of Wesley Taylor's short plays.
- And Kevin Spacey could be returning to Broadway in a stage adaptation of GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK!
Broadway Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with a high of 84 degrees. Not bad for tonight's opening celebrations off-Broadway!
What we're looking forward to watching: The 50th Anniversary restoration of MY FAIR LADY, coming to select theaters this October!
And a Happy Birthday shout-out to Peter Stormare, who turns 62 today!
Swedish actor/director Stormare made his Broadway debut in HEDDA GABLER, opposite Mary-Louise Parker and Michael Cerveris in 2009. He launched his career with the Royal Dramatic Theatre and eventually became associate artistic director of Tokyo Globe Theatre in 1990. He is well known for his role in the film FARGO, as well as the TV series PRISON BREAK and, more recently, THE BLACKLIST. Among his other big screen credits are THE LOST WORLD, THE BIG LEBOWSKI, ARMAGEDDON, CONSTANTINE, CHOCOLAT, THE BROTHERS GRIMM, MINORITY REPORT, STRANGE MAGIC and more.
Photo by Nigel Parry
See you bright and early tomorrow, BroadwayWorld!
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